Season 27 - $36K (Day 1B)

After an hour of giving everyone walks, the blinds finally caught up. Kayla Coutu was the bubble at 17th place when her Ax 3x was beaten by Charles Holmes Qx 2X when a Queen hit the board. We will have 2 “Double” stack players tomorrow. Jason Kuperschmid will start with 200,000 as well as Ed […]

Level 17 15000/30000/4000 Players Remaining: 26 While we are waiting for 10 more people to be eliminated, we noticed that 6 women are still in and 5 of them are on the same table. Cassie Hartnett, Judy Pitasi, Shelia Raine, Susan DeAmato, Kayla Coutu are one table while Nancy St. Larent is alone. No woman […]

Day 1B Level 15 8000/16000/2000 Players Remaining: 40 Just like that, in a matter of 3 hands we lost 8 players. We are now to 40 players with the short stacks now starting to use the 9 “one times”. Fleazer is still in the lead with about 450,000 and everyone else is close (or somewhat).

With 10 minutes until we all get dinner, here are a few of the bigger stacks around the room. Sixty-two (62) players are left. With the blinds at 5000/10000/1000 ante, stacks go big and small in a matter of moments. We will be taking a 45 minute and will be back approx. 5:45pm Fleazer Dozer […]

Day 1B Players Remaining: 94 Level 11 3000/6000/500 During the duration of a tournament, tables break. We noticed that on Table 4 we have not 1 but 5 women trying to stack chips from the guys. Kayla Coutu (RI) in Seat 1 has 65,000 Karina Angelopolus in Seat 3 has 15,000 Catherine Connaughton in Seat […]

Day 1B Level 10 2000/4000/500 Players Remaining: 120 Charity player and EPT Livestream commentator Evan Myers loves to play poker. He may be doing double duty tomorrow if he keeps going the way that he is going. A player in late position raises pre-flop to 18k. The button calls. Myers, showing no mercy shoves all-in […]

Since Friday, Eastern Poker Tour players have won $19,585 in “Open” tournaments. Saturday’s big winners were Ken Knapp (CHA) with a 4th place finish ($4032) in the $300 Event. Jose Tronilo (RI) won the $160 event for $4,000! Tony Pham (CHA) came in 9th in the $300 Event for $1277. There are still a few […]